Table 2.

PD-related infection audit practices among facilities in PDOPPS (percentage within country)

Facility characteristics	ANZ	Canada	Japan	Thailand	UK	USA
Number of facilities	18	20	28	22	17	65
Record and track peritonitis episodes, %	100	100	61	96	100	100
Record and track exit-site infection episodes, %	100	95	41	91	88	98
Frequency of calculating peritonitis rates, %
At least annually	94	95	14	86	94	99
Less often than annually	6	5	43	14	6	0
Never	0	0	43	0	0	2
Frequency of calculating exit-site infection rates, %
At least annually	89	90	7	91	82	97
Less often than annually	11	5	29	5	6	0
Never	0	5	64	5	12	3
Target peritonitis rate, median (IQR) episode per patient yeara, median (IQR)	0.33 (0.25–0.50)	0.39 (0.25–0.50)	0.21 (0.20–0.30)	0.50 (0.40–0.67)	0.55 (0.41–0.67)	0.33 (0.13–0.40)
Self-reported peritonitis rate above targeta, %	46	22	50	12	36	50

^aAmong facilities that routinely record and track peritonitis episodes. IQR, Interquartile range.